Photoshop

[ratito921]

Anyone have any tips they'd like to share for photoshop?

[Adriane]

I'm a photojournalist- what do you want to know?

[ratito921]

tips or tricks to use

like cutting a person out of a picture and putting them on a different back ground. Is there an easier way to do it than with the eraser tool?

and do you know where to get good background pics?

the other thing I want to know is where can I find textures that I can load into the program too?

I'm just full of questions tonight :D i'm at work yet again, bored outta my mind

[angela256z]

I would like to know to. I usally cut the person out and place them on the other background

[ratito921]

I know how to do it, per se but you can always tell because of the edges. I can never get the edges right.

[LilB]

I would like to know to. I usally cut the person out and place them on the other background

I saw that pic you recently posted. It really looks like you took it next to him! Wow! How much is photoshop?

[Marie]

I use paint shop pro but it's very similar to photoshop. What I do to have a smooth effect is when you cut something out, use the feathering tool. You probably don't need a big feather.

You can see the technique in my blend tutorial (http://heavenspeace.com/blendtut/) that I made. It IS for paint shop pro but it might give you an idea.

[angela256z]

I just use Paint....I wonder if I have PaintShop Pro....

[angela256z]

Nope don't have it

[Marie]

you have to pay to get it although you can get a trial version.

Paint isn't going to cut it if you want to make something really look good.

There is a free program called the GIMP which is supposed to allow you to do a lot of things PSP and PS can do but I don't know how to use it. I'm a psp lover. :)

http://www.gimp.org/

[ratito921]

I bought photoshop elements on ebay, all I got was the disk though and it was $28 plus shipping, so I really lucked out there. I fell in love with the cs3 trial version but I don't have $300 to fork out on a program i don't use on a daily basis.

I did downlaod photoplus and it is alot like photoshop and it's easy and there are tutorials everywhere online to learn from. Especially on live journey.

[angela256z]

Yes Gimp is not an easy program at all.

[Marie]

You know when I first got PSP, I got so pissed because I couldn't even draw a stupid line. I sat there for a week so frustrated because I wanted to make pretties!!

[hectorswife]

kindof on the topic, does anyone have a mac? i just got one and i'm thirsty for some photo editing, i can do red-eye and sepia and easy stuff like that, but I just don't know if there's a photoshop type program.. I keep stumbling on different programs, so i don't know if i just haven't found it yet... anyone know??

[angela256z]

OOOHHH I dislike Mac so much....I got one...well hubby does, but he does not know anything about photo editing.

[hectorswife]

I loooove it, but I just want to know everything all at once!! I think that I'll have to take some classes to figure it all out.. I think that they give free classes.. somewhere... thanks for asking your husband though!

[angela256z]

We bought me a new HP Pavillion....after I bought mine 3 other people here bought one. We love them sooooo much

[hectorswife]

my friend has an hp pavillion and we both get lost using eachother's computers.. hehe... i can't stop right clicking when i use her pc and she always gets frustrated trying to close the windows on mine... :bounce:

[JennyM]

I use photoshop all the time. You can use the lasso tool and selector to pick the area you want to cut and paste and then later go back with the blur tool or sponge tool to smooth out the pixels that don't look right. I can't find my CDs with my work on it...I need to search and find them. Here is some design stuff I did for a company. Its all layers and you can't tell.
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd172/Jennyslab/holidaysackspsd.jpg
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd172/Jennyslab/holidaysacks2.jpg

[ratito921]

see that's the stuff I'm talking about. You can't tell that it was layered I want to know how to pull images from one pic and put them in another, but without the edges and white or black around them.

[JennyM]

see that's the stuff I'm talking about. You can't tell that it was layered I want to know how to pull images from one pic and put them in another, but without the edges and white or black around them.

VERY SLOWLY, Those took me about 2 days to complete but you zoom and lasso and select. Its easier to take a pic in photoshop...but it on a blank background and start deleting stuff all around it. BUT you need to make sure you have EXCELLENT quality in pictures...as you see, my pictures are not pixelated. I have fujifinepix S5000 but I want a cannon. My aunt has one and its BEAUTIFUL but its also like 8k. That will be my next investment.

[Cynthia]

oopsy, sorry Rat, for hijacking your thread. I've moved the frames posts to another thread..:D

[MBLA]

OHHHH. I can't believe I didn't know these forums were here. I just discovered them.

Anway I LOVE paint shop pro. I teach a basic graphic design course at the college I teach at. I don't have any formal education on graphic design. I've just kind of taught myself and found tutorials online. Here is some stuff that I've done. I lova animation also.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/bloom01/naughty.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/bloom01/EthansInvitation.gif

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/bloom01/bilingsig1.gif
This is from a playgroup board that I am on

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/bloom01/angelito.gif

[Marie]

I love doing blends the most. This is a collage sample thing of what I've done:

http://heavenspeace.com/portfolio8.jpg

[ratito921]

Marie where do you find your pics? any place in particular or just here and there?

[DeBenny]

OOOOHHH! I want to join. I just got this HP as a "before x-mas present" from my hubby. Side note: My hubby is really generous with his gifts to me, because he calls me "his little baby". N-e-ways, angela how do you like your HP?
I was considering purchasing photoshop, but was unsure. As of the recent few days I have been convienced. My friend's ex is a pro at it and has created amazing things. Also, Amber and Marie, I the samples that you have posted!!!

[Marie]

Rat, I found a lot of those on free stock photo sites. The ones I have been using are from http://www.sxc.hu/ but now they have a lot of restrictions. You have to see and sometimes ask the photographer if you can use it or simply just credit. You have to look. I downloaded a lot of pictures before they put all that in place so now I don't know what the rules are. Am I supposed to go double check and see what the usage is or since I got them before it doesn't count?

The trick that I have started using is to NOT rename them so I can easily find them again. I have folders "people, landscape, swirlies, texture"

These are some of my favorites that I've done.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/gookinm/tag/mariecrosstag.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/gookinm/tag/inmydreams.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/gookinm/tag/hope.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/gookinm/tag/brownflower.jpg

[ratito921]

those are awesome

[MBLA]

I thought I posted more. Here are my others.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/amber_martinez/babysiggy.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/amber_martinez/present1.gif

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/amber_martinez/k-stateBW.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/amber_martinez/BWBlanket.jpg

[MBLA]

1 more.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/amber_martinez/Aug112006edited.jpg

[ratito921]

ok amber tell me how you did the blue with black and white. That's one of the things I can NOT for the life of me do.

[MBLA]

There are 2 or 3 ways to do it. Just depending on the what you want to make color.

1 way you can make two layers. Turn one black and white. That needs to be the top layer. Then with the eraser tool erase the are you want color. You can also use the select tool.

Or you can copy just the area you want color and paste as a new layer. Then change the other layer black and white. Then you will have to move and line up the color part to the black and white.

The blanket one was the first one that I've done. I did it the second way, but I think the 1st way is easier.

Does that make sense?

[MBLA]

Check out this web site it has some good tutorials.

http://www.tutorialized.com/

[ratito921]

it makes perfect sense. here i am trying to color in each little piece and this way sounds so much easier. I'll have to play with it now and see what I come up with. The program is so addicting, I mean while hubby was gone that was all I did, that and this and fanfics. hee hee

[Marie]

That's what I do, duplicate layer, black and white and then cut out the parts I want in color.

[angela256z]

N-e-ways, angela how do you like your HP?


I love it! I can do so much with it. We had a MAC before (it's now hubbies computer) and I couldn't do anything I wanted on that thing.

Check out this web site it has some good tutorials.

http://www.tutorialized.com/
You are soo good with that photoshop thing. I have got to get it.

[jon.R.A]

marie nice work. why buy???? i have Adobe - Illustrator CS3,Adobe - photoshop CS3, paint shop pro, coraldraw suit x3 and i never paid for any of them just to name a few.

[Marie]

That's good and if I know what you are talking about, it's illegal and we can't talk about that here at all.

[candyfloss]

1 more.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/amber_martinez/Aug112006edited.jpg

I love this effect! I've done the black&white / color thing - no problem BUT your color frame... tell me how you framed it at that angle. Did you use frame s/ware? If so what one. thanx

[DeBenny]

Amber, I am sooo jealous of your talent. You are so gifted. I nominate you as our virtual teacher and give us "Tips of the Day", tricks, and teach us a thing or two. What doe you think? Are you up for it?

[1MessedUpSourPatchKid]

I'm also a photoshop/paint shop pro freak. lol

I own three versions of paint shop pro and I own photoshop elements. At some point I would like to get photoshop CS3 or at least photoshop 7.0 but even on ebay you can't find one for less than $100 bucks and sometimes you can't even tell if it is a legal copy you are buying.

I will try to post some of my work later on. I sell on ebay so most of the time I'm doing stuff for my selling but I also do a lot of pictures of my daughter and husband.

I love black and white and sepia. I also love tinted photos.

I have a friend who was madly in love with this guy who didn't really care for her so she asked me to put them together in a picture and it was so much fun to do specially considering that the guy had no interest on her and they were holding hands walking on a beach. lol